The shadow report of Asian Centre for Human Rights, Nepal: The Maoists'
conflict and impact on the rights of the child, highlights extreme
vulnerability of the children and violations of their rights as a
consequence of the armed conflict. On 20 May 2005, the United Nations
Committee on the Rights of the Child is scheduled to examine the second
periodic report (CRC/C/65/Add.30 3 December 2004) of the government of
Nepal. Although the second periodic report was submitted on 3 December
2004, it failed to make any reference to the significant adverse impact of
the armed conflict between the Government of Nepal and the Communist Party
of Nepal (Maoists) on the enjoyment of the rights of the child in that
country.

The Report is available at: http://www.achrweb.org/Review/2005/73-05.htm